Honors

Recipient of the Sri Lanka Foundation’s “Outstanding Performance by a Young Professional Award” (2014)

Experience

Representative Experience

On behalf of a large West Coast limousine company, won a motion to compel arbitration and decertify a class, reducing client's potential damages significantly from approximately $5 million to $2,000, which resulted in the published opinion Iskanian v. CLS Transportation (2014) 59 Cal. 4th 348

Successfully defeated certification of a class of 150,000 potential plaintiffs, saving the client over $600 million in damages

Gained a significant victory by defeating class certification, and saving millions in damages, on behalf of a large beverage company

Obtained summary judgment in favor of a national transportation company in an age discrimination suit which resulted in the published opinion Reeves v. MV Transportation, Inc. (2010) 186 Cal.App.4th 666

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a national telecommunications company sued by a former employee claiming race discrimination and wrongful termination

Settled a case favorably on behalf of one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a wage and hour and sexual orientation discrimination action

Settled a case favorably on behalf of a national manufacturer in which a former employee claimed age discrimination and wrongful termination after a department layoff

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a national corporation accused of disability discrimination and harassment